Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​2021: This is what happened at the 4-day celebration of motorsport

After giving the go-ahead to the UK government’s event research program as a pilot event, the festival drew eager crowds eager to celebrate all auto and motorsport, including Hollywood star Tom Cruise on Sunday and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden on Friday.

Well-known favorites provided entertainment at the ultimate motorsport garden party; the Red Arrows roared overhead on Friday and Sunday, a row of elegant concours cars adorned the Cartier Style et Luxe lawn, while the Central Feature received a multimedia makeover and both the audience of the event and those who enjoyed the occasion, a virtual Lotus Emira showed at home.

This year the Festival of Speed ​​celebrated the Maestros – the great all-rounders of motorsport and one of the most important of them was “The Captain” Roger Penske, who for the first time since his race at the Goodwood Motor Circuit 1969 in a Ferrari 250 GTO returned to Goodwood.

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Alongside the great man himself driving faster and faster up the hill in the Penske Porsche RS Spyder was a collection of cars that exemplified Team Penske’s incredible multidisciplinary collection of titles over the years, including NASCAR, IndyCar, Indy 500, Australian Supercars and Le Mans, of course.

At the side of Penske was celebrated Mario Andretti, who was reunited with some of his master machines, while Jacky Ickx, who unfortunately could not take part, was strongly represented by a class of sports, GT and sedan winners.

After an 18-month hiatus, during which there were practically no motor shows, numerous new cars made their debut at First Glance.

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The INEOS Grenadier, Ford Mustang Mach E GT, Hyundi Ioniq5 and the thundering Land Rover Defender V8 drove up the hill as a number of cars made world premieres; Toyota GR 86, Genesis G70 Shooting Brake, BMW 2 Series Coupé and Lotus Emira, which, in addition to the Evija hypercar, received a spectacular presentation every day in front of Goodwood House.

The Michelin Supercar Run was an impressive collection of new metal from Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition, Lamborghini Huracan STO, deafening Lamborghini SCV12, Maserati MC20, McLaren Artura, Rimac Nevera, Porsche GT3 Touring, SCG 004S and Ultimatives Restomod, which reinterprets the Kimera 037.

The Hill has even been decked out with a few racing car debuts, including the hydrogen-powered H24 Racing LMPH2G, the hybrid Toyota Corolla BTCC and Ford Puma WRC, and the Le Mans challenger SCG 007 LMH.

The stars weren’t just limited to the cars, however. Current McLaren F1 team drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris enjoyed some classic Formula 1 machines on the hill, Olympian Chris Hoy took on Gravity’s jetpack challenge and classic car enthusiast Chris Evans broadcast his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show live from Festival on Friday morning.

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Cruise was pampered by the Terry Grant Stunt Show team with a spectacular demonstration of precision driving and drifting in the Assembly Area.

The Future Lab presented by bp, Goodwood’s insight into the future of mobility, has been developing steadily since its debut in 2017.

This year, the “festival within the festival” included a mission to Mars, exploring the deep oceans, flying and transforming cars, and even robotic farming.

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One of the most popular exhibits of the weekend turned out to be Electric Avenue – The Road To 2030, presented by Sky Zero, the home of electric mobility at the Festival of Speed.

With a huge selection of current electric vehicles, from the small Citroën AMI to the elegant hypercar Pininfarina Battista, visitors were able to explore the electric turnaround in 2030.

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The festival’s newest attraction received the official seal of approval from Rachel Maclean MP, Undersecretary of State for the Department of Transportation, who toured it on Friday morning.

The Driftkhana competition was also new this year. Presented for the first time at SpeedWeek by Mastercard at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in October 2020, the event has been adapted to the narrower limits of hillclimbing.

After a smoky, sideways weekend, James Deane emerged victorious from this public competition.

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In addition, at the end of the four days, the 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale, owned by famous designer Marc Newson, took home some silver that was rated as the best and best presented car on the Cartier Style et Luxe Lawn.

The Forest Rally Stage once again hosted a number of machines that represented the long history of the World Rally Championship.

That year, the first Hannu Mikkola Trophy, launched in honor of the driver who originally designed the stage for Goodwood and who sadly passed away in February, was presented to James Sunderland MP of the Armed Forces Rally Team, the One Country Rover Wolf XD drove – judged to be the driver who best mimics the fearless style of the Flying Finn.

The death of motorsport commentary legend Murray Walker was celebrated with a moving tribute from Damon Hill on Saturday afternoon at the Festival of Speed.

The competition highlight of the Festival of Speed ​​is of course the shootout, in which this year cars from classic cars to all eras of Formula 1, touring cars and Le Mans cars drove the 1.16-mile hill climb in front of Goodwood House are.

At the top of the final day was Travis Pastrana in his incredible, uncompromising Subaru WRX STI with a time of 48.10.

The final was interrupted by Jack Tetley after a huge shunt of the Chevrolet Camaro NASCAR just a few meters from the finish line and when the track was cleared rain threatened to hinder the runs of the fastest qualifiers from the previous day.

Despite a tough challenge from last runner Pastrana with a time of 46.20, it was a millimeter-accurate drive by Rob Bell in the factory-supported McLaren 720S GT3X that tamed the hill and won the top class in 45.01 seconds.

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